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How to use Māori macrons in KDE Plasma / Ubuntu 22.04?

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I've used Ubuntu for several years & are currently using Ubuntu 22.04 - Jammy Jellyfish on a Lenovo Carbon X1.

I live in New Zealand & use Māori phrases in my correspondence. The Māori language uses macrons to denote a long vowel sound.

In the past I've used this page/ guide to setup Māori on my Ubuntu machines, with no issues. I could hold down the Alt-Right key & the vowel to add a macron to that vowel.

The default desktop for Ubuntu 22.04 has had some stability issues, so I decided to try KDE Plasma.

I like KDE Plasma & have enabled the Compose (Alt-Right) key so I can macrons by going Compose + underscore followed by the vowel.

However, this is clunky compared to the standard Ubuntu approach of Alt-Right + vowel.

Has anyone found a way of setting up KDE Plasma / kubuntu to enter Māori macrons with the easier Ubuntu method?

Gunnar Hjalmarsson avatar
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The Maori keyboard layout is available also when you use a KDE DE, isn't it? What's the reason why you don't make use of it like you previously did on standard Ubuntu?
BaronGrivet avatar
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@GunnarHjalmarsson - could you walk me through how to add this please, I haven't been able to find the option.
Gunnar Hjalmarsson avatar
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I can't since I don't have access to any KDE installation ATM.
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